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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Paul E. McKenney, Beaverton, OR (US);
Maged M. Michael, Danbury, CT (US);
Michael Wong, Toronto, CA;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, a method includes executing an atomic transaction in a system having a transactional memory. The method includes receiving a signal interrupt during executing of the atomic transaction. The method includes storing a state of the signal interrupt to enable subsequent execution of the signal interrupt. The method includes returning to executing the atomic transaction until the atomic transaction is at least one of completed and aborted. The method includes after executing the atomic transaction is at least one of completed and aborted, determining whether the signal interrupt is received during executing of the atomic transaction. The method includes after determining that the signal interrupt is received during executing of the atomic transaction, retrieving the state of the signal interrupt. The method includes executing an interrupt handler for processing the signal interrupt and returning from executing of the atomic transaction.